Recently, Chris Fenton, Edify’s CFO, visited Ghana to see firsthand the incredible work of our partners. When visiting a poor fishing village, Chris was struck by the stark contrast between students enrolled in the Omega School and the students that weren’t. See the images below. Few words more »
Rita Melo Lizardo, the director of Aprendi*, has played an instrumental role in the progress made with the Edify training programs in the DR. Through Aprendi, Rita has hosted two of the four AMO trainings, and has held teacher training workshops for hundreds of teachers more »
Have you ever been felt awkward displaying your faith in public? I know I have. I can tell you who is not afraid of sharing his faith in public – Alexis Ruhumuriza. Alexis is a 26 year old “edupreneur extraordinaire”. After graduating from the Kigali more »
I think it was the actor Alec Baldwin who smugly quipped something like, “I am not a Doctor but I play one on TV.” Occasionally I call myself out with a similar version: I am not a theologian but I like to play one on more »
It is amazing to see the love these teachers have for their students. They treat the children like their own!
Martin Luther King, Junior said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” In the non-profit world we often like to tell success stories. It is these very more »
A classroom full of young Rwandans enthusiastically greet the Edify Rwanda team upon their visit to Imena Academy in Kigali. The young students were eager to learn more about the Edify team and where we all came from. more »
Raphaëlle tells her stories from Rwanda in French, as several generations of Rwandans are still francophones. It also helps to begin to address a more worldwide community. Edify wishes to make its blog accessible to those it serves in Rwanda.
‘A look over the fence’. A reminder that poverty is just a glance away. While students, in one of the schools, are getting a quality education in clean buildings, a look over the fence reminds them of the poverty they are trying to escape. more »
This is an exciting week for the Edify team in Rwanda. Twelve low-cost sustainable Christian schools are currently receiving comprehensive financial, accounting and human resources training. When we arrived here at the beginning of August last year, we were tasked with building relationships with a more »
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